Contract Reporter
Job Description:
- Produce two original, fact-based political story packages per week on New Hampshire politics and policy
- Report into the Underwriting & Sponsored Content department
- Connect state and local policy decisions to the real lives of New Hampshire residents
- Produce each package as one source-driven article and one related presenter-led video using a provided template
- Refine story angles, incorporate feedback, and ensure reporting meets journalistic standards and style
- Conduct rigorous research, interviews, and fact-checking
- Reach out to impacted community members, subject-matter experts, and key political actors
- Generate original story ideas, build sources, and translate complex policies and political dynamics into accessible coverage
- Report news on camera for Granite Staters
- Create social content using creative tools
Requirements:
- Lives in New Hampshire
- 3+ years of reporting experience in journalism, focused on politics, policy, or public affairs
- Ability to consistently report, write, and file multiple stories per week on deadline
- Strong reporting and writing skills, including sourcing, interviewing, research, and fact-checking
- Commitment to COURIER’s journalistic standards and style
- Deep familiarity with New Hampshire politics, institutions, and key issues
- On-camera experience with social media videos and aptitude for creating them
- Alignment with COURIER’s mission to provide fact-based, people-centered reporting that strengthens civic participation and democracy
- Experience with campaign-style content is a plus
Benefits:
- Inclusive workplace valuing diverse perspectives and lived experiences
- Equal opportunity employer committed to breaking down barriers and supporting team members
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